Sawing machine



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SAWING MACHINE Filed Nov. i9, 1919 '7 Sheets-Sheet l SAWING MACHINE 1919 7 Sheets-Sham'l 3 `Filed Nov. 19

mec. 1s, 1923.

J. W. OLIVER SAWING MACHINE Filed Nov, 19, 1919 7 Sheets-Sheet 4 Dec. 18, i923.

J. W. OLIVER sAwING MACHINE Filed Nov. 19, 1919 '7 Sheets-Sheet 6 Dec. 38, i923.

A'? J. W. OLIVER SAWING MACHINE Filed Nov. 19, 1919 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 52130 Lig N tls Il Patented Bec, l, WBQ

JGSEFH Vil". G LlVE-R, GF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

Application filed November 15, 1919.

T 0 a-ZZ -whomz't may concern.'

Be it known that I, dosnrr: lV. Gravina, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of lient and State of B/ichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sla-wing Machines`y ot which the following is a specilication.

rThe present invent-ion relates to sawing machines; and one object thereof is to provide a machine of that character having a rotatable carrier on which are mounted rotatable saws, and having improved means tor rotating both the carrier and the saws from the same source of power; a further object is to provide improved means lor rotating the saws; a further object is to provide improved means for supporting and adjusting the axis of said carrier.

These and any other objects hereinafter appearing are attained by, and the invention tinds preferable embodiment in., the structure hereinafter particularly described and illustrated by the accompanying dgaw-y ings, in which Figure 1 is a left-hand side view of a sawing machine;

Figure 2 is a front View thereof;

Figure 3 is a right-hand side view of the same;

Figure l is a plan view of said machine; the middle part thereof being broken away to show lower parts, some of which are seen in horizontal section taken on a plane corresponding to line 1*1 of Figure 1, the carrier ot the saws being shown in horizont-al position in this view;

Figure 5 is a side view (enlarged) of a \\"orkguiding member illustrating the mounting thereof on the machine;

Figure 6 is a liront end view oit the saine;

Figure 7 is a front end view ol a. modified construction ot said member and i ts mountine;

Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view ot the work-supporting table, illustrating a modi tied construction thereof; Y

Figure 9 is a longitudinal central sectional view of a belt-carrying pulley; i

Figure 10 is an end view of such a pulley illustrating an adjustable mounting 'for its bearings;

Figure 11 illustrates a means for holding a lever in swung position;

Figure 12 is a front view of the frame or column whereby the machine is supported;

Serial No. 339,141.

Figure 13 is a sectional View of the same taken on a horizontal plane corresponding lto line 13e-13 of Figure 12.

Figure 14 is a view, partly in vertical central section, oi' a modified construction ot parts of the sawing machine wherein the saws are rotated by gears;

Figure 15 is a sectional view oi' a portion of the same, taken on a. horizontal plane corresponding to line 15-15 ot Fig. 14;

Figure 16 is a sectional view ot a portion or' the same, taken on vertical planes corresponding to line 16--16 of Figure 14;

Figure 17 is an axial sectional view (much enlarged) of a bearing for the saws anis and o't` a mounting for said bearing;

Figure 18 is a transverse sectional view of the same, taken on a vertical plane corresponding to line 18-18 of Figure 17.

In the embodiment of the invention chosen for illustration by the dra-wings and for detaied description in the body of this specification, the sawing machine has a supporting frame or column, particularly shown in Figures 12 and 13, comprising a pair or oppositely disposed vertical sideplates 1, 2, a third vertical plate 3 having adjacent each vertical edge a pair of vertical flanges l, 5 extending horizontally in opposite directions, one pair of said flanges being secured to the inner side of one oi said side plates and the other pair being secured to the inner side of the other side plate; this frame or column also comprises a pair ot vertical Z-bars 6, Z each of which has a middle portion 8 and vertical flanges 9, 10 extending horizontally in interrelatively opposite directions from said middle portion, one of the ilanges 9 or' one Z-bar being secured to the inner side of one ot the side plates and one of {ianges 9 ot the other Zbar being secured to the innerl side ot the other side plate; the trame or column also comprises a fourth vertical plate 11 secured to the middle portion 8 or both Z-bars; corner pieces 12 are also shown, they being secured to the fourth plate 11 and one of them being secured to the other flange 10 of one Z-bar and the other corner piece being secured to the other flange 10 of the other Z-bar. These vertical plates are preferably of sheet steel and the means for securing the same in place are preferably bolts or rivets as shown.

Secured to the upper end of the column or trame, (as to its horizontal flanges 13) the work-supporting table designated gener44 ally 1st, having` a slit 15 theretl-irough adapted to receive the upper portion ot one or the other of the circular saws 1G, 17. This table, as particularly shown in Figure 8, is formed in sections 18, 19 and 20, 21, the adjacent edges ol 18 and 19 and the adjacent edOes ot' 2O and 21 being spacedV apart paralleliy, in order 4to Vprovide guidinggrooves 22, Q3V in which a suitable worlr guide 2st may be slid paralleilywith the saw. This work guide may be ot common form having a guided portion longitudinally slidable in said groove and a work eng-aging' portion S36 inclined at 'a desired angledto the portion r 25. F illinp; pieces 2t. 200 whose upper'sides are lower than the upper side ot the table are secured tothe upper end of the column or trame between adjacent edges Orsa-id sections in order to prevent saw dust, etc. from falling on the mechanism underneath .the table. It 'will be seen that an improved and very simple method oi" forming guiding grooves for the worlr guide is thus provided.

i carrier comprising two pairs of radial arms 28, Q9 and mounted on a central rotatable arbor 30, has bearings in which the shafts 31, 32 of the circular saws 16. 17, rotate. As shown, these shafts are disposed on opposite sides of the arbor, and are Arotated by suitable means. In Figures 1, 2, and 4 such means comprise a belt 33 carried on the pulley 34:, the belt tighteningpullerv 35' and one or the other or both ot' the pulleys 36, 37, on the shafts 31, 32 respectively. ll'hen ythe arbor is turned to the position bes't seen in Figure l this belt is carried on the Apulley 36 thus driving the saw 16: Then however the radial arms 28. 29 are in horizontal position (as shown in Figure 1) it will be seen thatJ this belt is carried by both the pulleys 36 and 37. The arbor 30 is rotated to carry one or the other ofthe saws into the position in whichV saw 15 is shown in Figure 1, by the saine means which are employed for driving the saws themselves.,

such means as shown in Figures l, U and l being` the belt 33. This rotating; oit the.

arbor 30 attained through the said driving means 33 by the following mechanism: The arbor 30 carries a wheel whereby the arbor is rotated, such wheel being)` the worin wheel 38 rotated by a rotatable element, Vthe worm'39. This worm is rotated by its shat'ts disk portion 10, which disk portion is rotated by a second wheel -11 driven by a belt 1:2 carried thereon and on the pulley 13 on the shaft la carrying the pulley This second wheel 41 is movable into operative engagement with the disk portion 10 ot the rotatable element or worm 39 by suitable means, as by pressingthe pedal l5 of the lever 46 fulcrumed at 17, on which lever 'the said second wheel 41 is rotatably carried. This 'swinging of the lever by the pedal,

against the pressure of a suitable spring 18, presses the second wheel 11, or (what is equivalent thereto) the belt l2 carried thereby, into said operativeV Jrictional engagement with the disk portion l0 of the worm element 39 and thus the arbor 3d rotated. j

ln order that the arbor 30 may be rotated at dilerent speeds although the drivine' movement of the belt 33 remains constant, the second wheel i1 iscarried by the lever 15 in such manner that said Asecond wheel mag/.ehe moved on the lever toward and away from the anis ot the disk portion L100iE Vthe worin element'39. This end'is'attained'by the followingl means: This second wheel al is rotatably mounted on its bearingl member 19 havinga slot 50 therethrough receiving a screw bolt 51 whereby the member 19 is slidably secured to the upper end yot the lever. The worm element 39 may also be turned to rotate the arbor 30 by hand operated means, the hand wheel 52 on vthe worm shaft.

@ne end of the arbor 430 has its bearing 54 at the right-hand side ot the frame or column, and its other' end 55 has its bearing (30 in a plate 56 (preferably 'provided with outwardly extending` strengthening` ribs 5T) at the left-hand side ot the machine. This plate 56 is detachably secured to the frame by suitable bolts extending through orifices 59 adjacent the edge oit said plate. These orifices are yot rgreater diameter than the bolts 58 passinp` therethrough, so that the plate may be adjustab'ly secured to the frame in such position as to properly adjust the arbors axis.

-The fourth vertical plate 11 of the column has a circular opening '61 therethrough closed by a circular plate mounted onV the carrier. The saws areo'utside this plate G2 as shown` and -thesawdust is confined between the plates 5G and G2 and is discharged through a suitable opening (3S-l in plate 5G. lt will be seen that the parts may be easily assembled, the arbor 30, the carrier and saws being inserted throug'l the opening); 61the end 53 oi? the arbor being thrust vinto its bearing 51-, the arbors other end being inserted into its bearing G0, and the plate 56 being adjusted by its fastening bolts 5S on the column or trame.

A rod Get, circular in cross section, is 'turnably mounted in bearings'f, 6G on the trame or worlesupj'iortinp` table. graduation 57 in helical iorm. rhworlnguiding member 68 is slidably and turnably mounted, by its bearing (59, on the rod, and is slidable in said bearing along thetace ofthe table parallelly to the saws axis. This 'member 68 has a suitable nger or 'pointer 7() whereby its position on the rod maybe determined by relerence to the rods graduation. It will be seen that by means ot this helically This rodv has a` disposed graduation, a nice adjustment of the member 68 may be attained; for if the rod be turned, say half way around in its bearings 65, 66, a graduation of half the distance between adjacent turns of the helix will be indicated. `This rod may be clamped in desired position by a set screw 71. The bearing G9 is preferably split bearingA as particularly shown in Figures and 6. he two portions 72, 73 of the'bearing block 711 are drawn together by a screw 75 to clamp the member 68 on the rod 6ft. It will be seen that, this bearing being loosened, the member 68 may be swung over on the rod Gel to a.

` vertical position in front of the machine.

As particularly shown in Figure 6, the work-guiding member G8 has a body portion 76 and one or more narrower side portions 77 angularly disposed relatively to said body portion. Each of these portions 76 and 77 has an orifice 78 extending therethrough adapted to rereive a screw bolt 79 for securing said member in xed position. This work-guiding member may therefore be fastened at its body portion to the bearing block 74 or by one of its side portions, as may be desired to provide a work-guiding surface of less or greater height respectively. rlwo positions of said work-guiding inember, one in solid lines and the other in dotted lines, are seen in Figure 2.

its particularly shown in Figure 9, the several pulleys may comprise lateral sections 80, 81, one or the other or both of which may be adjustable on their shaft 82 axially, as by the set screws 83, 84. Inasmuch as the entire pulley is thus divided into lateral portions severally secured to the shaft by said set screws, it will be seen that the length of that portion of each section which engages the shaft is less than the combined length of the shaft-engaging portion of a single-member pulley, and that there fore the biting action of the inner end of the set screws on the shaft has less tendency to bend the shaft out of alignment: furthermore. the adjacent sides of the pulley sections being hollow as seen at 85 the length of shaft engaging portion of each section is reduced. The sections are spaced apart as shown so that the air between the pulley and the belt carried thereon may readily pass out between the sections.

The idling belt-tightener pulley 35 is pivotally mounted at 86 on a block 87 slidable in a vertical guide 88 as particularly shown in Figure 4. The portion of said block thus slidably engaging the guide is provided with narrow outward extensions 89, so that this block may be more easily fitted to the guide by dressing down the extremities of these extensions than would be possible if the entire sides of this block should require such fitting and dressing.

The work-supporting table or a portion erumed on the shaft da is shown for the purpose of tightening the belt 42. A pin (Figure 11) may be inserted into a suitable orifice in the lower part of the lever 40 to hold the second wheel t1 in driving position to rotate the disk portion l0 of the worm element 39.

A clamp 96 may be employed to locl; the shaft of the worm-element 39 in desired adjustment. The pulley 13 is splined at 97 on its shaft so that it may be moved axially il? thereon by the belt 42 as the second wheel l1 is moved axially. The bearing blocks 98 for the saws shafts 31, 32, carried by the radial arms 28, 29 are adjustable on said arms as particularly shown in Figure 10 (in f1 order to properly align said shafts) by bolts 99 passing through orifices in the blocks 98 and secured to the arms 28, 29, such orilices being 0f greater diameter than the bolts passing therethrough. A pivotally mounted guard 100 having a lrerf 101 admitting the upper portion of the saw is shown in Figure 1. Guides 102 adapted to enter the saw kerf-s in the work, and being adjustably mounted at 103 on the circular plate 62 are also shown in Figure 1. An oiling tube 10st for supplying` oil to the bearing of shaft il appears in Figure 1. l

In Figures 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 a modified construction of parts of the sawing machine is shown, in which the saws 16 and 17 are driven by gears instead of by a belt. In these views, the arbor 30 journalled at one end 60 in the plate 56 and at its other end 53 in a sleeve 105 having bushings 136 and j ournalled on the plate 3', is rotated by suitable means as by the pulley 106. This arbor has a gear 107 clamped thereon as by the bolts 108 which compress the gears split hub 109. A carrier designated generally 135, is carried by this arbor, its hub portion 110 rotatably bearing on the sleeve, and is rotated by suitable means, as by the rotatable element, the worm 39', which meshes with the worm wheel 38 carried by said hub portion. Suitable means is also provided for holding the carrier against rotation, as this worm and worm wheel, or the swingable catch 111 pivotally mounted at 112 on the crank portion 113 of the arbor, and adapted to holdingly engage by its bifurcated extremity 114i straddling an upwardly or downwardly extending rib 57 or 572 of the stationary plate 56; this catch may be employed in the absence of said worm and worm wheel, in which tively shafts 121, 122 carryinggea-is 123, 121i' inside the casing, the connecting 'members 11,8, -1-19 being located adjacent theV shafts 'lol' the sav's, and when removed uncovering' the gears 123, 124'. The saws shafts have their bearings in the ball liearin'g blocks 125, 126, which are Aturna'ble in eccentric bearings in split ball-bearing socket members 1127, .128, themselves revoluble in bearings 130, 131 axially parallel lWith the arbors'a'xis.

rlfhese socket members 127, 128 are clamped against suchV rotation by 'the connecting members 118, 119 under the action of their' securing bolts 1120. n action `is releasedl `by `loosening said bolts, these socket members 127` 128 may be Ase'vorally turned as by a tool inserted through the'slots 132 in the connecting members'llilS, 119 and engaging in suitable pits 133m 'the socket members. It Will -be seen that the axes of the saws maybe thus shifted' as may be desired to adjust lthe saine.

lt is readily -understood that .rotatable tools other than saws may be employed in place of suoli saws. i

The invention being intended to be pointed out inthe claims, is not to be limited to or by details of construction ofthe particular embodiment thereof hereinbet'ore 'described or illustrated in the drawings.

l claim:

1. ln a maehineotthe character described; a' vrotritable carrier provided with a: Wheel 'tor rotatingthesai'ne 5 `savvs rotatably mounted on the carrier; means for rotating the saws; a rotatable element adapted to rotate by its rotative movement said Wheel'and carrier; asecondl wheel axially-transversely disposed to the axis ot' said rotatable element andinovable into andoi'it'o'fopcrative contact with said element for rotating the saine; meansv l'or 'rotating the second"wheel driven bythe means lfor rotatingthe saws.

En a machineV Aoitl the character delVhen such clamping scribed; a rotatable carrier provided WithV a Wheel for rotating 'the' saine; saws rotatably mounted oii the carrier; means for rotating the saws; a rotatable element adapted to rotate'by its rotative movement said Wheel and scribed; a rotatable carrier provided With` a' Y Wheel 'for' rotating the same; saws rotatably mounted on the carrier; means for rotatii'ig the saivs; disengageable means driven by the means for rotating the saivs for rotating and varying the speed of the rotation of the carrier.-

4. In a machine ot' the character described; a rotatable carrier provided vwith a Wheel for rotating the same; sav/s rotatably mounted on Vthe carrier; means i'or rotating the saws; a rotatable element adapted to i'o- Y tate by its rotative movement said wheel and c carrier 54 rotativemeans, driven by the means for vrotating the saws, for rotating the carrier, and axially movable transversely to the axisof said rotatable element into and out ol rotative contact therewith.

5. In a machine ot the character described; a supporting column having a side with a circular opening therethrough; an arbor extending throughV said opening and having a bearing on the other side ot the column; a carrier mounted on the arbor; saws rotatablymounted on `the carrier; a circular closure for said opening Vcarried by the carrier; a detachable plate having bearing for the arbor and Vhaving a plurality of orifices adjacent its edge; means extending through said orilices'loose'ly for securing the plate to the column in edgeivise adjustable position', the saws being between the closure and the plate.

:ln testimony ivhereoi l have hereunto set my hand at Grand Rapids, Michigan, this 17th day of November, 1919.

Josera W. oiaviin. 

